The Coastal Pacific and Interislander

The day before the Kaikoura earthquake hit the South Island of New Zealand, Laura and I took the Coastal Pacific train past that area then hopped on the Interislander Cook Straight ferry to get home.    A good look at ‘before…’ – with the extensive damage along the route, the Coastal Pacific train will likely not run again for some time…

Also, in this set, I tried to do something unusual and let the camera’s panorama mode work using the train’s movement instead of panning.   The result was the foreground seamed perfectly, while the background became very confused…   It’s quite a neat effect!